56 OXLVIII. oncHiPEJi;. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Saccplabium 



white ; tips of lateral sepals fleshy at the back ; lip with minute rounded side lobes ; 

 column very short ; anther hemispheric ; strap of pollinia very short, gland very 

 large. Capsule -i in., oblong. Gardner (n. 872) has a form with much broader 

 leaves, i in. diam. and stouter scapes. 



3. S. filiforme, Lindl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 36 ; stem slender, 

 leaves slender terete acuminate, racemes short stout simple, sepals linear, 

 petals orbicular, shorter than the cylindric obtuse recurved spur, limb of 

 lip ovate acute deflexed, side lobes large rounded. Wai p. Ann. vi. 887. 

 Sarcanthus filiformis & roseus. Wight Ic. t. 1684 (excl. capsule) 1685. 

 Scha3norchis juncifolia, Thwaites Enum. 304 (not ofBlume.}. 



MALABAR and TRAVANCOBE ; on the Nilghiri hills, at Neddawuttum and Pycara, 

 Wight ; Pulney and Anamallay hill, Cotton, &c. CEYLON ; Central Province, 

 alt. 4-6000 ft., Walker, &c. 



Stem 6-10 in. ; internodes | 2 in. Leaves 2-6 in., as thick as a sparrow quill or 

 more slender. Racemes 1-^-2 in., stout, subsesile, often deflexed ; bracts lanceolate ; 

 flowers in. long, red, or orange streaked with crimson ; sepals 1-nerved, petals with 

 3 nerves rugose on the back ; spur of lip inflated ; anther hemispheric ; strap of 

 globose pollinia short, dilated upwards, gland very large. Capsule \ in., pyriform, 

 pedicelled. Flowers rose coloured in Wight's plant, orange with red stripes in the 

 Ceylon plants. 



4. S. perpusillum, Hook. f. Ic. Plant, ined. ; stem short curved, 

 leaves terete recurved acute, racemes erect stout flowering to the base, bracts 

 subulate persistent, flowers minute pubescent, sepals ovate-oblong, petals 

 obovate-oblong obtuse, lip oblong slightly concave, tip with a fleshy acute 

 subcordate appendage, spur short cylindric obtuse incurved. 



SINGAPORE ; at Sungei Buloh, Ridley. 



Stem 3-5 in., as thick as a sparrow's-quill, rigid. Leaves 1-1^ in., subsecund. 

 Racemes ^-| in. ; rachis stout ; flowers -$ in. diam. ; pedicel very short ; sepals 

 1-nerved, lateral acuminate ; petals as long, obtuse, glabrous, 1-nerved ; lip as long as 

 the sepals ; spur large ; fleshy appendage at the tip of the lip didymous on the upper 

 face. A remarkable little species, unlike any other. 



5. S. 1 inconspicuum, Hook. f. ; stem rather stout, leaves 2-3 in., 

 nearly straight terete obtuse, flowers small shortly peduncled clusters, 

 sepals and petals broadly oblong acute, hypochile of lip hemispheric 

 margins entire (side lobes 0), epichile broadly ovate retuse inserted on the 

 margin of the hypochile. Cymbidium inconspicuum, Wall. mss. 



LOWER ASSAM, Jenkins (Ic. in Herb. CalcuttC] 



Stems 6-8 in. long, interlaced, flexuous, as thick as a duck's-quill ; internodes 

 in. Leaves rather more slender, slightly curved, but not falcate. Flowers $ in. 

 diam., shortly pedicelled, pale green ; sepals and petals subequal, spreading and 

 recurved ; lip about as long as the sepals ; hypochile green suffused with purple, large 

 for the size of the plant, margins everted, epichile as long as the hypochile, flat, 

 smooth ; column short, very stout, purple, rostellum not beaked ; anther broader 

 than long low, pollinia 2 globose, strap short, gland ovate.' The lip is like that of 

 sect. Calceolaria. Described from the drawing in the Calcutta Herbarium. 



** Stem short or long. Leaves flat or channelled. 



f Spur of lip longer than the sepals. (See also 16, S. rostellatum.) 



6. S. Pumilio, Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. vi. 886; in Gard. Chron. 

 1875, ii. 98 ; stem very short, leaves falcately oblanceolate obtuse notched or 

 2-fid, racemes about equalling the leaves laxly many-fld., lateral sepals 

 broadly ovate obtuse, petals oblanceolate obtuse, side lobe of lip very 

 short rounded, midlobe large flat triangular 3-nerved smooth, spur much 

 longer than the sepals slender incurved. S. discolor, Eeichb.f. Ot. Hamb. 



